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Imran accuses Sharifs of looting nation’s wealth

LAHORE/ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf chairman Imran Khan has said that no nation can rise without investing in human resource but the Sharifs looted the national wealth, weakened state institutions and deprived the masses of basic amenities like clean water as well as health and education facilities over the past three decades.

“The PTI, after coming to power, will transform Pakistan into a truly welfare state that looks after its downtrodden and jobless youth,” he promised while speaking at membership camps organised by the party leaders at six different locations in Lahore on Sunday.

Mr Khan vowed to rescue Pakistan from the clutches of the corrupt, looters and dacoits. “We will make Naya [new] Pakistan after defeating the looters in the next general elections,” he asserted.

Accusing ousted prime minister Nawaz Sharif of looting Rs300 billion and stashing the money abroad, he said the PTI would bring back the